Republicans mock Hillary Clinton for avoiding the press

Jim Watson/ReutersU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers remarks during a news conference at the U.S. Consulate in Vladivostok, September 9, 2012.

The Republican National Committee responded to reports Hillary Clinton hired a new communications director in order to “seek warmer relations with the press than during her last presidential bid” with an email statement mocking the likely 2016 Democratic frontrunner for avoiding the media.